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Perhaps you’d be tempted to let an AI agent buy a plane ticket or book your next hair cut. But how about compiling a financial analysis of a company you monitor? As recent tests have shown, agents can go rogue, steal credentials, create fake identities—and cover their tracks. That unpredictability is too much for many firms to handle, writes our Schumpeter columnist. (This article is free to read even if you don’t subscribe to The Economist.)
When Donald Trump snatched Venezuela’s dictator in January he talked a lot more about the country’s oil than about ending the dictatorship. But America’s secretary of state, Marco Rubio, really does want to end left-wing autocracies in Latin America. Because of him, there is hope for democracy in the long-suffering petrostate. But the obstacles are huge. Our leader explains how to overcome them.
Today’s episode of The Insider is on Afghanistan. Tom Sasse, our South Asia bureau chief, has just returned from a 1,000km road trip inside the country. He joins our editor-in-chief to discuss what the country is like today and whether—despite the horrors of the regime—it’s time to engage with the Taliban. Listen now. | 
